FX’s Best Breakout Series Is Officially Changing Its Formula in Season 3
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From shows like Not Suitable for Work and Overcompensating, the young adult comedy genre (not to be confused with YA shows) has seen several exciting new additions lately. But as Overcompensating's long-awaited Season 2 gets ready to release, FX's beloved addition to the genre, Adults, is getting more support than ever.
After premiering Season 2 of Adults on August 27, 2026, the series, which follows five young adults dealing with the ups and downs of life, love, and friendships as they live in a house in Queens, just got the green light for Season 3. While the new installment has yet to have a release date, creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw confirmed to Variety that Season 3 will consist of 16 episodes, double the eight episodes inits first and second seasons. The extra room not only shows the studio's commitment to the series and how successful it's become, but sets the series up to become an all-around comedy classic.
Season 3 of 'Adults' Is Officially Confirmed
The Season 3 renewal of the series was confirmed by Variety on November 11, 2026. “We started working with FX over six years ago, back when Paul Baker was but a twinkle in all of our eyes,” said Kronengold and Shaw of Jack Inannen's now viral character. “In the years since, John [Landgraf] and the rest of the team have taught us everything we know about how to lead, produce, and tell stories that make people feel like part of a community. They’ve become family, and we’re so glad to make it official — and to start yelling at them like we do our parents.”
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Iconic Fandom Should You Join? Harry Potter · Lord of the Rings · Star Wars · Star Trek
Eight honest questions about how you actually are: what you put on when you need cheering up, how deep you go into the things you love, what you argue about, what you keep on your shelf. Answer them and we will tell you where you belong. Four of the biggest fandoms on earth are taking new members, and they could not be more different from one another.
⚡Harry Potter(Wizarding World)
💍Lord of the Rings(Middle-earth)
⚔️Star Wars(A Galaxy Far Away)
🖖Star Trek(The Final Frontier)
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What do you put on when you need cheering up? Nobody is brave about this one.
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How deep do you go into something you love? There is no shallow end here, only different deep ends.
03
What do you and your friends actually argue about? Every fandom has one argument it has been having for years.
04
How do you feel about a room full of strangers? Every one of these comes with a very big room.
05
Where would you rather spend a week? Pick on instinct rather than on budget.
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What do you believe about people, mostly? All four of these stories have an answer, and they disagree.
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What is actually on your shelf? Look over at it before you answer.
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What do you actually want from a story? Eight questions in, this is the one that picks your fandom.
Membership Confirmed Your Fandom Is…
Four of the largest communities on the planet, and four completely different reasons to belong to one. Here is yours, what it would give you, and the argument you would be having within a week.
Harry Potter
You belong to the fandom that is really about comfort. Hogwarts works on people because it is a place rather than a plot, and the pull is not the wizard war so much as the corridors, the food, the weather and the sense that somebody is expecting you.
- You are drawn to belonging, which is why this fandom sorted itself into houses within about five minutes and has never stopped.
- This is the most social of the four, and the one most likely to know which type every single person in your life would be.
- The books are built to be reread rather than analysed, and rereading is exactly what you do with things you love.
- The new HBO series is bringing the whole thing back one book at a time, which means the arguments are about to start all over again.
Lord of the Rings
You belong to the deepest fandom on this list, the one where somebody has always read further than you and is quietly delighted to say so. Middle-earth rewards patience more than any other world in popular culture.
- You like the sense that the story you are reading is only the visible part of something enormous, which is precisely how Tolkien built it.
- This fandom takes adaptation seriously to a degree that other fandoms find slightly alarming, and it has good reasons for that.
- Your favourite thing about the books is probably the bit that is not action at all, which is the walking, the songs and the long goodbyes.
- Nobody here thinks heroism belongs to the powerful, and the whole story exists to make that argument.
Star Wars
You belong to the loudest and largest tent of the four, the one where three generations are all watching the same thing and none of them agree about any of it. That disagreement is not a flaw in this fandom, it is the main activity.
- You want something you can share with absolutely everybody, from a six year old to a grandparent, and this is the only one on the list that really does that.
- Nobody argues like Star Wars fans argue, and the argument has been running since roughly 1980 with no sign of resolution.
- The pull here is sensory before it is narrative, since it is the sound design, the score and the look of a used and dented galaxy.
- You would be first in the queue, in costume, with strong opinions and a genuinely good time.
Star Trek
You belong to the thinking fandom, the one that turns up for the argument rather than the explosion. Trek has always been a series of ethical problems in space, and the people who love it love being asked what they would have done.
- You are an optimist in a way that is currently unfashionable, and this is the only major franchise still willing to say the future might be better.
- The best episodes are the ones where nobody fires anything, which is a sentence that makes perfect sense to this fandom and to nobody else.
- Starfleet Academy brought the franchise back to a classroom in 2026, which is appropriate, because Trek has always been a bit of a seminar.
- You would want the conversation afterwards more than the episode itself, and here you will always find somebody willing to have it.
Of course, the renewal isn't exactly a surprise. On Rotten Tomatoes, the sophomore season of the series scored a flawless 100% from critics and a still very impressive 96% from the audience. In Collider's review, Taylor Gates stated that the second season continued what made Season 1 so great, and delivered even sharper, funnier storylines. "In Season 2, the group interacts with everything from K-pop to viral man-on-the-street interviews, making it feel new and resonant," Gates wrote. "In addition to the sharp dialogue, there's an impressive amount of well-executed physical comedy, and the cast goes all in with the slapstick vibes."
All those features together meant that Season 2 showed how production honed in on the magic of Season 1 and delivered an increasingly funny series to viewers. "With better, more refined writing and performances that feel even more confident and lived-in, Adults achieves something that few shows do by improving in its sophomore season," Gates concluded.
Season 3 of 'Adults' Has Everything to Be Its Best Yet
Now that the third season of Adults is renewed and is confirmed to be longer than its previous installments, the series has almost unmatched potential. After all, one of the biggest advantages of a longer third season of Adults would be the opportunity to let its central friend group grow at a more natural pace. With 16 episodes, the comedy could embrace the kind of everyday storytelling that made older ensemble sitcoms, like Seinfeld or Friends, so enduring. The seemingly insignificant conversations, unlikely character pairings, running jokes, and low-stakes misadventures that gradually make a fictional world feel like home. More time spent inside Samir’s (Malik Elassal) house would allow viewers to become even more invested in the rhythms of the group, not just their biggest moments.
A longer season would also give the characters room to make mistakes, experience setbacks, and figure out adulthood without having to rush through those experiences. Their messy relationships, professional frustrations, and sometimes unhealthy dependence on one another are all part of what makes the show's portrayal of being young and figuring things out feel recognizable. Rather than resolving conflicts within a handful of episodes, 16 episodes could allow those tensions to build and evolve organically.
Ultimately, Adults is the kind of comedy that could benefit from spending more time with its characters. While the short seasons so far have been a hit, a longer season could hit the sweet spot, proving that sometimes an ensemble sitcom isn't always about where the story ends up, but about the small, familiar moments along the way. Giving this friend group more episodes to simply exist together could make the show even more rewarding to follow. Fans are surely in for a treat.
- Release Date
- May 28, 2025
- Network
- FX, Hulu
- Showrunner
- Ben Kronengold, Rebecca Shaw
- Directors
- Anu Valia
- Writers
- Sarah Naftalis, Allie Levitan
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Malik Elassal
Samir
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Lucy Freyer
Billie Schaeffer
Adults: A 2025 film exploring the journey of a group of codependent housemates navigating the complexities of adulthood. As they attempt to be good individuals, they grapple with their shortcomings and growth, reflecting the challenging transition from youth to maturity.
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